Music holder



April 14, 1925.} I 1,533,235

E. DAVIDSON MUSIC HOLDER Original Filedfeb- 1 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Eli Davidson Aflys.

April 14', 1925. 7 1,533,235 4 E. DAVIDSON MUS I C HOLDER i i Filed Feb. 10, 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 lnvenjor. EH Davndson Patented Apr. 14, 1925.

TUNIYTEDF STATES .ELI DAVIDSON, OF CHELSEA, MASSACHUSETTS.

MUSIC HOLDER.

Application filed February 10, 1921, Serial No. 444,009.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ELI. DAVIDSON, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Chelsea, county of Suffolk, State ofM-assachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Music Holders, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a specification, like characters on the drawing representing like parts.

This invention has for its object to provide a novel cover or holder for sheet music, which is so constructed that it will accommodate sheet music of different sizes.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a music holder which is constructed so that the sheet music. can be easily placed in it and which is also constructed so as to facilitate the turning of the leaves of the music.

Another feature of the invention relates to a novel hinge member for connecting the separate leaves of sheet music.

. In order to give an understanding of my invention I have illustrated in the drawings some selected embodiments thereof, which will now be described after which the novel features will be pointed out in the appended claims.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a music. holder embodying my invention, showing the holder empty.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the holder with sheet music therein.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged section on the line 3-3, Fig. 2.

' Figs. 1 and 2 I have shown a construction wherein the body member is jointed to form front and back covers having a hinge connection. This body member is indicated at 1 and it is constructed to be folded centrally along the line 2, the parts 3 and i either side of the line 2 forming the front and rear covers of the holder. The inside of each cover is provided with a plurality of holding Renewed December 5, 1924.

flaps situated at different distances from the edge of the cover and designed for retaining sheet music of different sizes. The flaps which extend along the side edges of each cover are indicated at 5, 6 and 7 respectively and the flaps which extend along the top of the covers are indicated at 8, S) and 10 respectively. These flaps are secured at their outer edges to the cover but their inner edges are free from the cover so that the edges of sheet music may be inserted under the flaps. If a sheet music. of a small size is to be used then the edges of the leaves of sheet music will be inserted under the inner flaps 7 and 10. If the sheet music is of large size then the edges of the leaves may be inserted under the flaps 5 and 8 and sheet music of an intermediate size may have its edges inserted under the intermediate flap 6 and 9. At the bottom of the holder I have provided a retaining means for holding the sheet music in position and in Figs. 1 and 2 this retaining means is in the form of a narrow flap 11 which is hinged to the body and is adapted to fold over about the line 12 and to overlie the bottom edge of the sheet music. These flaps 11. one for each cover, may be held in their operative position by pivoted buttons 13. In placing sheet music into a holder of this type the buttons 13 are swung into dotted line positionFig. 1, so that the flaps 12 can be folded down and then the covers of the sheet music are slipped under the appropriate flaps. as shown in Fig. 2. The leaves 141-. of sheet music on which the music is printed will be arranged to overlie the flaps so that the leaves can be freely turned. For instance, in Fig. 2, the front cover 15 of sheet music is inserted under the flaps (3 and 9 and the rear cover of the music will be inserted under the similar flaps. The flap 9 will be arranged between the cover of the sheet music and the leaves 14 at the upper edge is clearly seen in Fig. 2, so that the leaves are free to be turned. The lower flaps 11 are folded over the bottom edge of the covers. hen the sheet music is thus placed in the holder it is completely protected and when the holder is placed on a music rack, the music can be turned freely. Owing to the construction of the holder the lower edge of the leaves of the music do not extend clear to the bottom of the holder, so that when the holder is on a music rack the leaves of the music are raised above the rack sufliciiently so that they can be freely turned without rubbing on the rack.

If the sheet music to be placed on the holder is of a larger size than that shown in Fig. 2, then the covers of the music will be placed under the outside flaps 5 and 8, while if it is smaller then the covers of the sheet music would be placed under the inside of the flaps 7 and 10.

In the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the flaps 7 .andlO are connected .at the corners 16, the flaps 6 and 9 as well as the flaps 5 and 8 are similarly connected.

In Figs. 4 and 5 I have shown a construction wherein the edge flaps and top flaps are separated from each others In Fig. 4, 21 indicates the body of the cover, 25, 26 and 27 indicates the flaps at the side edges of the cover, and 28., 29 and 30 indicate the flaps at the top edge of the cover. These flaps are separated from each other and the flaps and 28 are adapted to be detachably connected at the corner by a suitable sepa rable fastener 31 and the flaps 26 and 29 as well as the flaps .27 and will be held in place by closing the top flap 28. In this embodiment there is a lower flap '32 extending along the bottom of the holder and hinged thereto along the line 83 and said flap is detachably connected to the flaps 25 at the corners bythe separable fasteners 34.

In using this form of the invention, the particular flaps which correspond to the size oat the sheet music will be thrown up into vertical position, .as shown in dotted line Fig. 5 and after the sheet music has been placed on the holder these flaps will be folded down onto the sheet music and -fastened together by the separable fastenings. The body 21 may be either a rigid structure such as would result from making it of card board or similar material or it may be so constructed that it will be folded centrally as shown in Fig. 1. &6 indicates a leaf-tu rn- 4 ing device which may be applied to the leaves of the music for facilitating turning them. Where there are several leaves to the sheet music they may be secured together by will be provided with an opening through which the title may be read.

I claim.

1. A holder for sheet music comprising abody member having a plurality of holding flaps which extend continuously from the lower edge of the body along each side and across the top, said flaps'being situated at different distances from the edge whereby the holder will accommodate sheet music of different sizes, said holder also having a single flap at its bottom to engage the bottom edge of the sheet music.

2. A holder for sheet music comprising a body member and a plurality of holding flaps on the side and top edges, situated at different distances from the edge whereby the holder will accommodate sheet music of difi'erentsizes, and a hinge flap at the bottom edge under which the covers of the sheet music may be received.

3. A holder for sheet music comprising a body member and a plurality of holding flaps on the side and top edges, situated at different distances from the edge whereby the holder will accommodate sheet music of difi erent sizes, a hinge flap at the bottom edge under which the covers of the sheet music may be received and means for hold ing the bottom flap in operative position.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

ELI DAVIDSON. 

